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In patients with cancer, nutrition is one of the most important because almost 90% of them lose much weight, and proper nutrition is necessary for a better recovery.

Poor nutrition in these people usually start at the same time they are diagnosed because they have a big psychological impact, which negatively affected food intake and on the other hand, some anticancer treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery leave many patients in unfavorable nutritional conditions.

Unfortunately, malnutrition is often aggravated by processes such as anorexia, because the treatment does the patient loses his appetite, cachexia, which is the loss of weight and muscle mass, a characteristic pathology in people with cancer, and early satiety by the excess of drugs that often have to consume in their treatments.

Poor nutrition is often contribute to and increase the incidence and severity of adverse effects with this type of treatment, and therefore patients are more susceptible to infections and various problems by a decrease in the immune system.

This is why we must always advise us how we should properly feed a patient with this type of pathology. Do not hesitate to consult your trusted doctor.